1. codfish(n = noun.food) cod - lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached;
is a kind of saltwater fish
is a part of atlantic cod, gadus morhua
has particulars: salt cod
2. codfish(n = noun.animal) cod - major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters;
is a kind of gadoid, gadoid fish
is a member of gadus, genus gadus
has particulars: codling, atlantic cod, gadus morhua, alaska cod, gadus macrocephalus, pacific cod, burbot, cusk, eelpout, ling, lota lota, schrod, scrod
A kind of fish. Same as Cod. [1913 Webster]
codfish, n. = COD(1).